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January 16, 2025 Van Andel Institute announces 2025 Public Lecture Series

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 16, 2025) — Van Andel Institute’s free Public Lecture Series returns Feb. 5. This year’s lineup will cover topics such as brain cells,…

January 13, 2025 Experimental blood test for pancreatic cancer undergoing clinical development and evaluation

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 13, 2025) — An experimental blood test for pancreatic cancer that was developed by Van Andel Institute and University of Pittsburgh…

January 7, 2025 Hope in action: How Bee Brave fuels breast cancer breakthroughs at VAI

Each year, more than 300,000 women in the U.S. receive the same harrowing news:

You have breast cancer.    

These four words become etched in…

January 2, 2025 New resource available to help scientists better classify cancer subtypes

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 2, 2025) — A multi-institutional team of scientists has developed a free, publicly accessible resource to aid in classification of patient tumor samples…

December 30, 2024 The crossroads of immunity, metabolism and cancer

How exactly does metabolism power immune cells? And can we find ways to optimize this process to combat disease?

In a recent public lecture, a…

December 20, 2024 Van Andel Institute appoints Dr. Darren Moore as Jay Van Andel Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Dec. 20, 2024) — Van Andel Institute has appointed leading Parkinson’s scientist Darren Moore, Ph.D., as the Jay Van Andel Endowed Chair in…

December 16, 2024 VAI Research: A year in review

The past year at Van Andel Institute can be summed up in two words: “growth” and “impact.”

We’ve expanded our research capacity by adding new…

December 12, 2024 Your immune cells are what they eat

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Dec. 12, 2024) — The decision between scrambled eggs or an apple for breakfast probably won’t make or break your day. However,…